Michael Walker is found guilty of murder after stabbing Alex Boreski multiple times during a fight south of Perth, with the court told he had called triple-0 minutes earlier saying he was going to "go get" his victim.

The search engine's home page logo is replaced with an illustration of the Australian conservationist holding a crocodile, the first of a series depicting Irwin's adventures as an animal rights activist, showman and family man.

The Federal Government is accused of "walking away" from a housing agreement, in a move that could see the Commonwealth forced to take over the onerous task of managing and maintaining houses in dozens of remote communities.

A driver accused of fatally striking an Adelaide toddler and leaving the accident scene can be heard saying in the background of an emergency services call played to a jury that he "just ran over a kid".

A catering company which supplies food to aged care facilities, private hospitals and food outlets across Melbourne is temporarily shut down after authorities draw a possible link between the death of a woman in her 80s and the company's kitchen.

Four Melbourne men are given prison terms of up to four years, after they admit to plotting to sail from Queensland to the Philippines to work with Muslim militants to overthrow the government and introduce sharia law.

A cyclone watch for southern Queensland and northern New South Wales is cancelled as Tropical Cyclone Oma weakens to a category one system, but damaging winds and abnormally high tides are still expected to wreak havoc along the coast.